Prevea Health introduces Great Doctors, Inspiring Stories

March 21, 2023

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Green Bay, Wis.  Prevea Health is pleased to introduce a new series on its podcast, Plug in to Health, featuring one-on-one interviews with Prevea doctors across our Wisconsin communities who so many have come to know and trust, and who have compelling stories that come from beyond and within their practice of medicine.

The Great Doctors, Inspiring Stories series is available now on Plug in to Health – a podcast from Prevea that is available for free on all major podcasting platforms including Apple and Spotify and at: www.prevea.com/podcast

In the new series’ first two episodes, Great Doctors, Inspiring Stories features interviews with pediatric hematologist/oncologist Dr. Cathy Long, and neurosurgeon, Dr. Robert Koffie.

Dr. Long works at Northeast Wisconsin’s only dedicated pediatric hematology oncology clinic located inside HSHS St. Vincent Children’s Hospital in Green Bay, caring for children fighting cancer and blood disorders. In her Great Doctors, Inspiring Stories episode, Dr. Long shares a special story about her younger sister, Jackie, who passed away from cancer and inspired Dr. Long to pursue a career in pediatric hematology/oncology. 

“I always knew I wanted to be a doctor from the time I was a little kid,” says Dr. Long in the episode titled, Great Doctors, Inspiring Stories: Dr. Cathy Long. “In my second year of my residency in Milwaukee, while doing a clinical rotation in pediatric hematology/oncology, I thought to myself, ‘This is what I have to do. And I know it’s because of Jackie.’”

Great Doctors, Inspiring Stories also takes listeners on a journey with Dr. Robert Koffie, who after witnessing his mother recover from a traumatic accident in Ghana, West Africa - went on to earn three degrees from Harvard, became a neurosurgeon and now dedicates his life to helping others with the practice of medicine. 

Prevea Health has more than 250 doctors caring for patients across Wisconsin, and more episodes of the Great Doctors, Inspiring Stories series will be added to Plug in to Health, soon! In addition, Plug in to Health will continue to feature episodes on timely health care topics, the latest developments in health and medicine, and the inspiring stories that emerge from Prevea Health, its partners and the communities it serves. To submit an idea for Plug in to Health or a Great Doctors, Inspiring Stories series episode, visit: www.prevea.com/podcast

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About Prevea Health

Founded in Green Bay, Wis. in 1996, Prevea Health is a physician-led health care organization that provides high-quality, primary and specialty health care in 80+ locations across Northern, Eastern and Western Wisconsin in clinic and hospital settings. It is partnered with six Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) hospitals across Wisconsin to provide patients a system of highly coordinated care, close to home: HSHS St. Vincent Hospital and HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center in Green Bay; HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan; HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls; HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire; and HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls. For more information, visit www.prevea.com.